Combined ornamental and attaching member



. 8, 1931. G. JOHNSON COMBINED ORNAMENTAL AND ATTACHING MEMBER Filed Jan. 25, 1950 15201983 I aumi'av Jam Patented Dec. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES GUSTAV JOHNSON, OF WEST ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO UNITED GARR FASTENER CORPORATION, OF CAMBRIDGE,

MASSACHUSETTS PArE' TfoFFice MASSACHUSETTS, A. CORPORATION OF Application filed January 25, 1930. Serial No; 423,521.

My invention aims to provide an improved combined ornamental and attaching member for snap fastener installations.

In the drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention Figure 1 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of my invention as it appears when attached to a glove, overshoe or the like;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken onthe line 22 of Figure 1; a

Fig. 3 is an under-side plan of the combined ornamental and attaching member shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as it appears prior to bending the attaching portion beneath the ornamental portion; and

Fig. 4 includes a side and under-side plan of one form of snap fastener member which may be used with my combined ornamental and attaching member.

Referring now to the embodiment of my invention illustrated by the drawings, I have shown a combined ornamental and attaching member for snap fastener installations which is pressed from a single piece of sheet metal. The shape of the ornamental portion may be varied to include other pleasing designs with out departing from the scope of my invention.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the device which forms my invention has an ornamental portion 1 having a domed portion 2. At one side of the domed portion 2 is a lateral projection 3 which forms a part of the ornamentation. Beneath the ornamental portion is an attaching portion 4 secured to one edge of the ornamental portion 1 by a hinge 5,. The attaching portion 4 is provided with an aperture 6 to permit passage of the attaching means of a snap fastener element.

When the combined ornamental and attaching element is first formed, it is shaped as shown in Fig. 3. After all of the dieing operations have been performed the attaching portion is bent at the hinge 5 to lie beneath the dome of the ornamental portion 1.

The dome 2 is provided so that there will be a space between the portions 1 and 4 in which the attaching means of a snap fastener element may be upset and clenched.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown a snap fastener member in the form of a well known type ofsocket 7 (FigQa) secured to a carryingmedium- 8 by the attaching portion 9 of the socket, which is upset and clenched in the space provided between the portions 1 and 4 of my combined ornamental and attaching member. When the snap fastener member,

secured in place by the combined ornamen I tal and attaching member, is a socket (Fig. 2), a stud 10 of suitable construction may be attached to the carrying medium 11', thus completing the snap fastener installation.

My invention is simple, durable, inexpensive to manufacture and attractive. Many beautiful designs may be used while still infastener part, said combined ornamental and" attaching part being located entirely at one side of the carrying medium and having an apertured attaching portion, the ornamental portion secured to and concealing said attaching portion, said combined ornamental and attaching portion being formed from a single piece of folded metal, the ornamental portion being connected to the attaching portion at one side only and being folded over to conceal the attaching portion, means providing a space between said portionsin line withthe aperture of the attaching portion, attaching means extending from said snap fastener part through the carrying medium and through the aperture in the attaching portion and upset in thespace between the portions of the combined ornamental and attaching part. I

2. A snap fastener installation comprising, in combination, a combined one-piece medium and a snap fastener part, said combined ornamental and attaching part being ornamental and attaching part, a carrying located entirely at one side of the carrying mediumandhaving an apertured attaching portion, the ornamental portion secured to one side of and folded over said attaching portion to conceal it, means providing a space between said portions in line Withthe aperture of the attaching portion, attaching means extending from said snap fastener part through the carrying medium and through the aperture in the attaching portion and upset in the space between the portions of the combined ornamental and attaching part and a lateral projection provided as a part of the ornamental portion to add to the ornamentation thereof.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification. 1 I

i GUSTAV JOHNSON. 

